KRANKIES star Janette Tough has told how she broke down after witnessing John Barrowman’s panto fall — as it reminded her of her own Jack And The Beanstalk horror.

The Torchwood actor was rushed to hospital when he took a tumble from a horse on stage in Glasgow last week.

And yesterday, Janette — who fractured her skull when a mechanical beanstalk she was on collapsed in 2004 — said: “When the ambulance arrived, the medics put John in a neck brace and on to a stretcher — exactly what happened to me after my accident.

“It brought the memories flooding back, and I began to cry.”

John, who was starring in panto with Janette at the Clyde Auditorium, was hurled into the air when the horse called Omega got spooked on the way to the stage.

The 45-year-old managed to finish his scene before being taken to the city’s Western Infirmary. The rest of the cast completed Friday’s matinee with John’s understudy — his 20-year-old cousin Greg Barrowman.

But Janette, 65, who plays Wee Jimmy Krankie, admitted she was still traumatised during her beanstalk scene.

She said: “Because there wasn’t time to readjust John’s harness for Greg, I had to go up the beanstalk myself.

“When I was up there, I started to cry again — not because I was scared, it was just the shock of seeing John in that neck brace. It was like a flashback. Fortunately, I don’t think the audience saw me crying.” John returned to the stage for the final weekend shows. And Janette, hopes they will team up again for a fourth panto in a row next season. She said: “I think we’ve got great chemistry together.”

But joking about the so-called curse of Jack And The Beanstalk, she joked: “I don’t think we’ll be doing that show ever again.”